Sundance Film Review: Eileen

Sundance Film Review: Eileen
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Eileen is an engaging, pulpy diversion that plays like an old-fashioned dime novel you had never planned to read but find that you can’t put down. … read more

Sundance Film Review: Theater Camp

Sundance Film Review: Theater Camp
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The subject of Theater Camp is ripe for comedy, but it feels painfully forced if it’s not done right. Thankfully, this one more or less succeeds. … read more

Sundance Film Review: A Little Prayer

Sundance Film Review: A Little Prayer
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The family drama A Little Prayer is a reminder that the once-budding young playwright and filmmaker Angus MacLachlan has come a long way. … read more

Sundance Film Review: Fancy Dance

Sundance Film Review: Fancy Dance
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Fancy Dance stands as both a cry for help for the victimized and missing and a defiant cry of strength from those who refuse to stop looking for them. … read more

Sundance Film Review: STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Sundance Film Review: STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
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Sundance biopic STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie provokes plenty of emotion without ever stooping to being a manipulative tearjerker. … read more

Sundance Film Review: Sometimes I Think About Dying

Sundance Film Review: Sometimes I Think About Dying
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Daisy Ridley adds a humanity that the script struggles to find, making Sometimes I Think About Dying a dry and extremely frustrating experience. … read more

Director Toby Genkel on The Amazing Maurice and That Pratchett Melody

Director Toby Genkel on The Amazing Maurice and That Pratchett...
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Director Toby Genkel’s new film, The Amazing Maurice, a subversively cynical animated take on the Pied Piper of Hamelin’s story. … read more

Sundance Film Review: When It Melts

Sundance Film Review: When It Melts
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Despite the immense talent involved, Sundance film When it Melts is a frustrating failure both as a film and as a statement on an important and timely topic. … read more

Sundance Film Review: In My Mother’s Skin

Sundance Film Review: In My Mother’s Skin
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The contrasts between the conflicts throughout In My Mother’s Skin stem from Dagatan’s ability to situate character dilemmas within a wider sphere of influence. … read more

Sundance Film Review: Slow

Sundance Film Review: Slow
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Described as a portrait of a “beautiful bond,” Slow is instead a grim character study of a deeply unlikable individual with a regressive view of sexuality. … read more